Previous Diary Entries
2020
Mar 2020
2019
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Waiting it out
Wed 18 Mar 20:10
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Stephen and Hilary visit Anastasia
Sun 16 Feb 15:57
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Back in the water
Thu 30 Jan 14:46 -
Work complete
Mon 13 Jan 19:53
Nov 2019
2018
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Half way through the work?
Mon 25 Nov 00:27 -
So begins three weeks of yacht repairs
Mon 18 Nov 03:13
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Anastasia's reef garden
Thu 13 Jun 23:10 -
Marie Galante
Sun 9 Jun 00:14
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A different route past Guadeloupe
Wed 29 May 23:51 -
Antiguan stowaways
Nov 2018
2016
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N2KLib - A Java NMEA 2000 library
Wed 28 Nov 17:29
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Sailing at last
Wed 31 Oct 17:19 -
Steve Jobs' Venus
Wed 31 Oct 17:09 -
Installing the new trampoline
Wed 31 Oct 16:53 -
Replacing backlight with LEDs in Raymarine E-Series E120 display
Wed 31 Oct 16:28 -
Spot the lime
Fri 19 Oct 00:16
Sep 2016
Aug 2016
2015
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Fixing leaky windows
Mon 15 Aug 20:21 -
Big Hill, Kitesurfing and Starfish
Sun 14 Aug 23:35 -
Going where the weather (and bargain fuel) takes you - Back in the Tobago Cays
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On to Carriacou and the regatta
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Watermakers and traditional Martinique boats
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St Pierre
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Les Saintes
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Correction, the house is not sold
Dec 2015
2014
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Some good bits and bad bits
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Another hike on Ilet a Cabrit
Fri 4 Dec 15:00 -
Le Chameau
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Learning to kite surf
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Melodrama
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Getting ready to move
Thu 5 Nov 23:34
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Grenada Excursions
Fri 2 Oct 21:25
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We are the champions
Tue 22 Sep 15:19 -
More boat maintenance
Tue 1 Sep 15:53
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Grenada Carnival
Tue 11 Aug 14:21 -
Felling a tree
Tue 4 Aug 16:19 -
Visiting family
Sun 2 Aug 01:29
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Anastasia is in Grenada
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Yay, two working engines
Tue 16 Jun 23:46 -
Jardin de Balata
Tue 16 Jun 22:43 -
Beware diesel additives
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St Pierre, Martinique
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Pain de Sucre, Les Saintes
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Pigeon Island, Guadeloupe
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Sint Maarten
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Leverick Bay
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Happy birthday
Mon 4 May 20:32
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Buck Island
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St Croix
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The Quill - Volcanoes of the World #12
Sun 8 Feb 18:21
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St Eustatius (Statia)
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Barbuda
Thu 29 Jan 01:49 -
Time to leave Antigua
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Bad dog
Fri 16 Jan 20:10
Dec 2014
Nov 2014
2013
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Theres something to be said for a trawler
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Andrea is doing crosswords in Spanish
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Ponce
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Rudder problem resolved
Wed 26 Nov 16:56 -
When to set off?
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Bonaire
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More Curacao
Thu 20 Nov 22:36 -
Repairing the lightning damage
Tue 4 Nov 04:22 -
Klein Curacao
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Curacao
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Passing Bonaire
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Second day to Curacao
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Birthday and departure
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Visit to the UK
Wed 15 Oct 14:07
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Grenada
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Tyrrel Bay, Carriacou
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Sandy Island, Carriacou
Sat 16 Aug 00:37 -
Struck by lightning
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Chatham Bay, Union Island
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Mayreau and Tobago Cays
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Bequia
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St Lucia
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Martinique
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Dominica
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Guadeloupe/Les Saints
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Montserrat (Volcanoes of the World #11)
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St Kitts
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St Martin
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Isn't it ironic
Wed 2 Jul 15:43
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British Virgin Islands
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Chile, Bolognese or Chorizo surprise
Sun 22 Jun 01:38 -
St John, US Virgin Islands
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St Thomas, US Virgin Islands
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Culebrita
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Culebra
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Fancy meeting you here
Sun 1 Jun 00:16
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Isla Caja del Muertos
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Ponce, Puerto Rico
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Guilligan's Island
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Boqueron, Puerto Rico
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Samana, Dominican Republic to Mayguez, Puerto Rico
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Luperon, Dominican Republic
Fri 23 May 17:37 -
Something else you really don't want to find
Thu 15 May 23:03 -
The 27 waterfalls of the Damajagua
Thu 15 May 17:00 -
Down to the Dominican Republic
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Turks and Caicos
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Mayaguana
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Clarence Town
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Conception Island
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Georgetown
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Great Guana Cay
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A walk on the sandbar
Wed 16 Apr 23:58 -
A walk on Hawksbill Cay
Wed 16 Apr 23:58 -
Hawksbill Cay, Exumas Land and Sea Park
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Harbour Island
Wed 16 Apr 19:59 -
Walking on Royal Island
Thu 10 Apr 16:11 -
Snorkelling on Royal Island
Thu 10 Apr 15:57 -
Royal Harbour, Eleuthera
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When is a fish too big?
Mon 7 Apr 22:24 -
Little Harbour and Lynyard Cay
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Hope Town from on high
Thu 3 Apr 04:27
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Hope Town
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Treasure Cay
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Crab Cay
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Up the mast again
Sun 16 Mar 00:47 -
Little Grand Cay and Hawksbill Cay
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What is the point of a sea trial?
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Kennedy Space Center
Sun 9 Mar 03:35 -
The Navy Seal Museum
Sun 2 Mar 02:00
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Cooling problems
Wed 26 Feb 01:23 -
A visit from Alan and Sonja
Sat 22 Feb 00:41 -
Anastasia is afloat again
Wed 19 Feb 14:25 -
So what is real life?
Fri 14 Feb 23:49
Dec 2013
2012
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What are the chances?
Thu 12 Dec 01:15
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Its a hard life on the hard
Tue 19 Nov 02:49 -
Fort Pierce
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Salty Dawgs Day 4 - arrival
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Salty Dawgs Day 3
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Salty Dawgs Day 2
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Salty Dawgs Day 1
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Becoming Salty Dawgs
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Goodbye Crab Creek
Mon 4 Nov 21:33
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What is DOAC?
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A room with a view
Wed 25 Sep 22:07 -
The 9/11 Memorial
Mon 23 Sep 23:52 -
The Ellis Island anchorage
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Down through Hell Gate
Mon 23 Sep 22:16 -
Norwalk Islands
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What are the chances of both engines failing?
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Mystic River
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Block Island
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Newport
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New Bedford
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Martha's Vineyard
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Plymouth again
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Back to Boston
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Gloucester MA
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Portsmouth again
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Isles of Shoals
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Camden ME
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Portsmouth NH
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Salem MA
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Boston
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Plymouth, MA
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Marion MA
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Newport, Rhode Island
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Freeport, Long Island
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The Chesapeake and Delaware Canal
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Annapolis
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Sarah Creek and Williamsburg
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Norfolk
Wed 17 Jul 02:53 -
Eagles, dolphins, whales and the US of A
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Rounding Cape Hatteras
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Interesting weather routing
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To sail or not to sail
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Nassau
Wed 10 Jul 08:24 -
Atlantis Hotel and Marina
Sun 7 Jul 03:43 -
Nassau Harbour Club Marina
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Highborne Cay
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Warderick Wells Cay
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Hawksbill Cay
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Staniel Cay
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Cave Cay
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Georgetown
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Calabash Bay Long Island
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No beer till Thursday
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Mayaguana
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Passing Turks and Caicos
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Passing the Dominican Republic
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Passing Puerto Rico
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Ready to leave the BVIs
Tue 11 Jun 22:53 -
Waiting for a mainsail
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Sorting things out
Sun 9 Jun 23:09 -
Goodbye ARC Europe
Sun 9 Jun 22:43
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Cruising up to the BVIs
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Full circle
Sat 20 Apr 01:51 -
Cruising the Caribbean
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Brazil to Grenada - The last day
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Brazil to Grenada - Day 6
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Brazil to Grenada - Day 5
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Brazil to Grenada - Day 4 (A new personal best)
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Brazil to Grenada - Day 3 (Ripped mainsail)
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Brazil to Grenada - Day 2 (The Northern Hemisphere)
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Brazil to Grenada - Day 1
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Fortaleza
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Fernando de Noronha
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Recife
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Salvador to Recife
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Morro de Sao Paulo
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Waterfalls and sandbanks
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Salvador
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South Atlantic - Days 22/23
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South Atlantic - Day 21
Dec 2012
Nov 2012
2011
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Around the Cape
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Port St Francis
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Addo Elephant Park
Thu 29 Nov 22:06 -
Port Elizabeth
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East London, South Africa
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Safari to Hluhluwe Imfolozi
Sat 24 Nov 06:57 -
Zululand Yacht Club
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Reunion to South Africa - Land Ho!
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Reunion to South Africa - Day 6
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Reunion to South Africa - Day 5
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Reunion to South Africa - Day 4
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Reunion to South Africa - Day 2/3
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Reunion to South Africa - Day 1
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Volcanoes of the world #9 and #10
Sun 4 Nov 20:09 -
Reunion
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Partying, sightseeing and petting lions
Thu 25 Oct 10:35 -
Mauritius
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Indian Ocean - Day 11
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Indian Ocean - Day 10
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Indian Ocean - Day 9
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Indian Ocean - Day 8
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Indian Ocean - Day 7
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Indian Ocean - Day 6
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Indian Ocean - Day 5
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Indian Ocean - Day 4
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Indian Ocean - Day 2
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Indian Ocean - Day 1
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Sunset canoes, island tour and barbecue
Mon 1 Oct 04:52
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A sad day
Wed 26 Sep 08:44 -
Cocos Keeling
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Nearing Cocos Keeling
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En route to Cocos Keeling
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Christmas Island
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En route to Christmas Island
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Volcanoes of the world #8 - Mt Batur
Fri 14 Sep 09:53 -
Bali Tour
Fri 14 Sep 09:37 -
The Lombok Strait and arrival in Bali
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Dolphins at night
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Doldrums again?
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En route to Bali
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Kakadu National Park
Sun 2 Sep 15:03
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Litchfield National Park
Fri 31 Aug 14:19 -
Arrived in Darwin
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En route to Darwin
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Thursday Island and Horn Island
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Escape River
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Snorkelling the Great Barrier Reef
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Lizard Island
Sat 18 Aug 10:02 -
Cairns Skyrail and Kuranda village
Fri 17 Aug 04:16 -
Caroline's birthday party
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En route to Cairns
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Magnetic Island and Townsville
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The trip to Airlie Beach
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Whitehaven Beach
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Hamilton Island
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Goldsmith Island
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Trip to Sydney
Fri 3 Aug 13:36
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Platypuses and Kookaburras
Mon 30 Jul 13:13 -
Arrived in Mackay
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A new personal best
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En route to Australia
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Port Vila, Efate, Vanuatu
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Gift giving and farewell to Serendipity and the Galahs
Fri 13 Jul 06:33 -
Volcanoes of the world #7 - Mount Yasur
Wed 11 Jul 05:59 -
Port Resolution, Tanna, Vanuatu
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Bat Out Of Hell
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Musket Cove
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The Blue Lagoon
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White water rafting on the Upper Navua
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Bekana Island and Bounty Island resorts
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From Vanua Levu to Viti Levu
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Daniel arrives
Mon 18 Jun 05:47 -
Savusavu, Fiji
Sat 16 Jun 06:48 -
Waiting for clearance into Fiji
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Through the reefs
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Approaching the reefs
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En route to Fiji
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The Ene'io botanical gardens and the Transit of Venus
Thu 7 Jun 20:29 -
Swallows Cave
Thu 7 Jun 20:29 -
Tonga
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Equipment problems
Sun 3 Jun 05:59 -
Niue
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The boat that rocks
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Nearly at Suwarrow
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Hang your bananas on the right side of the boat
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Motu One
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Bora Bora
Tue 15 May 02:05 -
The Pareosailor
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Tahaa
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Raiatea
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Huahine island tour
Mon 7 May 08:58 -
Huahine
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Encounters in Moorea
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Tahiti island tour
Sun 29 Apr 08:42 -
The ARC get-together
Sun 29 Apr 08:15 -
Papeete yacht quay
Wed 25 Apr 20:51 -
Getting some chores done
Tue 24 Apr 08:26 -
We are now in Tahiti
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Rangiroa
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Tonight's dinner was industrial waste
Sun 15 Apr 07:46 -
The pearl farm at Manihi
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Slower and slower we go
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Half way to the Tuamotu
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En route to the Tuamotu
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Swimming with the Mantas
Tue 10 Apr 06:48 -
The bay at Anaho, Nuku Hiva
Tue 10 Apr 06:18 -
Sailing from Hakatea to Anaho
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Hakaui waterfall
Sun 8 Apr 02:04 -
The walk to the waterfall at Hakaui
Sun 8 Apr 01:51 -
Cocktail hour on the foredeck
Sat 7 Apr 06:12 -
Daniel's bay
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Leaving Taiohae
Sat 7 Apr 06:03 -
Anastasia's snowdome
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Leaving Ua Pou
Fri 6 Apr 01:40 -
The beach at Oa Pou
Thu 5 Apr 22:56 -
Galapagos crabs in residence
Thu 5 Apr 22:48 -
Serendipity photograph the critically endangered Marquesan Kingfisher
Tue 3 Apr 19:49 -
Scary giant
Tue 3 Apr 18:52 -
Anchored in Ua Pou (pronounced wapoo)
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Peat Smoke have arrived
Sat 31 Mar 09:05 -
Tahuata
Wed 28 Mar 22:56 -
The Hiva Oa welcome ceremony
Wed 28 Mar 22:56 -
Hiva Oa
Wed 28 Mar 22:34 -
Safari to the Tiki site in Puamau
Wed 28 Mar 22:32 -
Land Ho!
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Jezebel strikes again
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Just one more day
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Happy St Patrick's Day
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Another starry night
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Need more sail
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And another one bites the lure
Thu 15 Mar 02:33 -
Two thirds of the way there
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Where is the wind?
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Half way there
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A beautiful night
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Good winds but confused seas
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The wrong way round the M25
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Do flying fish count?
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Sushi for lunch
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Stowaway!
Mon 5 Mar 20:53 -
Goodbye Galapagos
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An inland tour of Santa Cruz
Mon 5 Mar 20:00 -
Lonesome George
Mon 5 Mar 19:34 -
The fish market in Santa Cruz
Thu 1 Mar 19:09 -
Santa Cruz
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Wildlife in Isabela
Mon 27 Feb 21:45 -
Volcanoes of the world #6 - Volcan Chico
Mon 27 Feb 21:30 -
Volcanoes of the world #5 - Sierra Negra
Mon 27 Feb 21:18 -
Volcanoes of the world #4
Mon 27 Feb 20:44 -
Isabela
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Floreana
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Bertie's birthday
Thu 23 Feb 04:11 -
Fuel Fiasco and Firework Fiesta
Sun 19 Feb 06:42 -
The trouble with sealions
Fri 17 Feb 17:20 -
San Cristobal
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South Pacific dolphins
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Crossing the equator
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Squalls and preparations
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Squalls and preparations
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A slow day
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In the Doldrums
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En route to Galapagos
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Picking up the Parasailor
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Photos from Islas Canas
Fri 10 Feb 22:14 -
Isla Del Rey/Isla Canas
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Isla San Jose
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Isla Bayoneta
Thu 2 Feb 10:00 -
Finally in the Las Perlas islands
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Out at anchor
Sun 29 Jan 03:02 -
The Embera indian village
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Down to the Pacific
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Sunrise on Gatun lake
Thu 26 Jan 03:05 -
Anchored in Gatun lake
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The Panama rain forest
Mon 23 Jan 03:42 -
The Panama canal locks
Mon 23 Jan 03:21 -
The entrance to the Panama canal
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The challenges of anchoring
Fri 20 Jan 16:16 -
En route to Panama
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The bare necessities
Fri 20 Jan 03:11 -
Check-in at Porvenir and the ARC get-together
Thu 19 Jan 03:07 -
You can't have too much lobster? (not for reading by Estella's mum)
Mon 16 Jan 23:56 -
Andrea has new shoes
Mon 16 Jan 23:21 -
Anchored in San Blas
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Nearly at the San Blas Islands
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Poor Parasailor
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Nighttime visitors
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Serendipity is still with us
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I like the moon
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We are on our way
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St Lucia tourist board party
Sun 8 Jan 04:41 -
No more days to go
Sun 8 Jan 04:36 -
One day to go
Sat 7 Jan 03:00 -
Two days to go
Thu 5 Jan 22:03 -
Three days to go
Wed 4 Jan 22:49 -
Happy New Year
Mon 2 Jan 13:55
Dec 2011
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And back to St Lucia
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A short visit to Martinique
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Happy Christmas
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Volcanoes of the world #3
Fri 23 Dec 17:00 -
The bat cave moorings
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Back in Soufriere bay
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Collecting Daniel from the airport
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Anchored in Soufriere bay
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Sailing tomorrow
Tue 20 Dec 19:15 -
The results are in
Mon 19 Dec 01:51 -
The Manager's Cocktail Party
Wed 14 Dec 23:08 -
ARC welcome party
Thu 8 Dec 03:59 -
We have arrived
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To motor or not?
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Water water everywhere...
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Mid-Atlantic Marmite Mayhem
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Happy Birthday Estella
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Half way there
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Doctor at Sea
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Dinner time
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Bertie caught a fish!
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Friday night is curry night
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Flying fish
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Some pictures from the start
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An uneventful night
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Day 2 - Dolphins at dusk
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One ring to bind them
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Start day
Sun 20 Nov 08:58 -
Ups and downs
Thu 17 Nov 23:45 -
Wind instruments...
Thu 17 Nov 00:51 -
The XXXth great dinghy race
Sun 13 Nov 19:51 -
Andrea cooks
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Tree planting at 11:11:11 on 11/11/11
Fri 11 Nov 17:40 -
Repel boarders
Thu 10 Nov 08:19 -
Dressing the boat
Wed 9 Nov 23:30 -
We can get on and off the boat
Wed 9 Nov 08:52 -
Mind the gap
Tue 8 Nov 00:52 -
It's official
Sat 5 Nov 19:38 -
Back to Las Palmas
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Volcanoes of the world #2
Thu 3 Nov 22:54 -
Sailing to Tenerife
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LED lights and visitors
Tue 1 Nov 22:51
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Bertie goes up the mast
Sun 30 Oct 23:55 -
Fixing the hydraulics
Sat 29 Oct 22:55 -
Sailing without sails
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Running down to Las Palmas
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Lanzarote's famous artist, Manrique
Wed 26 Oct 22:21 -
The beach at El Golfo
Wed 26 Oct 22:09 -
Volcanoes of the world #1
Wed 26 Oct 22:00 -
Apologies to whales
Wed 26 Oct 21:50 -
Lanzarote
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Bad wind
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Massive collection of dolphins
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Dodging through fishing fleets
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We should be leaving Gibraltar in the morning
Thu 20 Oct 22:39 -
Ian and Denise arrive
Tue 18 Oct 23:04 -
Arrived in Gibraltar
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One for the quiz night
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Dolphin show
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Anchored in a bay near Ibiza town
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Approaching Ibiza now
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We are just passing Menorca now
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Away at last
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Why did we bring these mugs?
Mon 10 Oct 22:37 -
WD40 to the rescue
Sun 9 Oct 22:47 -
Alternators are like kidneys
Wed 5 Oct 22:11 -
Nearly away
Tue 4 Oct 23:24
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Rikku's long visit
Sat 24 Sep 17:25 -
However much planning you do...
Fri 23 Sep 16:58 -
11 days until departure
Wed 21 Sep 23:20 -
The beginning